The binding of books; an essay in the history of gold-tooled bindings (1894)
Horne, Herbert Percy, 1864-1916, Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922, Cockerell, Douglas · London, K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd. · leaf 248
and the figured tools,are but ornamental accessories.The flower is worked, as will be ^ seen, by a single tool: and trefoil leaf, by the repeti-tion of the tool marked B. In this way, both the toolsthemselves, and the principle of Mr. Sandersonsdesign, are reduced to the fewest and… … 218 Bookbinding that the figured tools should be of an elementalnature, because such tools are capable of the greatestnumber of combinations ; and it is necessary, thatthey should be small, as well as simple, so that everypart of them may be seen without difficulty in makingan impression ; for,…
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